An unidentified woman suspected of trying to hold up coin laundry patrons is tended to by emergency responders after a Salinas police officer shot her.

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Responding to a 911 call about "a man with a gun" attempting to rob patrons in a self-service laundry, a Salinas police officer shot and wounded a suspect who brandished the weapon at the officer.

Two officers responded about 5:45 p.m. Thursday to a call from a patron in City Suds at the intersection of Market and Pajaro streets reporting a man attempting to hold up people in the coin-operated laundry.

The suspect was armed with a knife and reportedly attempted to rob a man in City Suds' parking lot before successfully robbing a woman and her child inside the establishment, police said this ...